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commit 9cf42bca30e98a1c6c9e8abf876940a551eaa3d1 upstream. The EFI spec is not very clear about which permissions are being given when allocating pages of a certain type. However, it is quite obvious that EFI_LOADER_CODE is more likely to permit execution than EFI_LOADER_DATA, which becomes relevant once we permit booting the kernel proper with the firmware's 1:1 mapping still active. Ostensibly, recent systems such as the Surface Pro X grant executable permissions to EFI_LOADER_CODE regions but not EFI_LOADER_DATA regions. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.